Recent Posts Tagged With 'penicillin'

• Syphilis

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 14:20 in health and wellness, syphilis, penicillin, std, sexually transmitted disease, major epidemic, skin sore and rash, spirochete that enters broken skin

  A sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes a skin sore and rash and may be transmitted from an infected mother to her unborn child during delivery. Syphilis was first recorded as a major epidemic in Europe during the 15th century, after Columbu...

• Rheumatic Fever

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 18:43 in health and wellness, rheumatic fever, inflammatory disease, penicillin, strep throat, scarlet fever

  An inflammatory disease that may appear as a delayed reaction to inadequately treated strep throat, which can damage the heart. About 1 percent to 3 percent of untreated children come down with rheumatic fever from 10 days to six weeks after getting ...

• Penicillin

  Posted on Thursday March 5th, 2009 at 02:51 in health and wellness, penicillin, antibiotic, alexander fleming, wide variety of antibiotics

  The first antibiotic to be widely used, it was developed from a type of mold first discovered by Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming. His discovery led to the development of a wide variety of antibiotics. The biggest difference between bacterial and...